A Virtual Chief Information Security Officer is an independent resource who is a trusted advisor to the business – providing the knowledge and skills needed to ensure that it meets its information security governance, risk and compliance management objectives. You get the talent and experience you need without the overhead.
Risk Crew provides a flexible vCISO offering that fits any business model to ensure you get the expertise you need – when you need it.
Enjoy all the advantages of having a CISO without the associated overhead costs.
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vCISOs work alongside your existing team, offering leadership, guidance, and expertise to enhance your organisation’s security posture.
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Your virtual CISO can be deployed immediately. Their expert knowledge enables faster and easier implementation of required actions.
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vCISOs require no training, can hit the ground running and make a real difference from the very first day. See the 3 steps to instant deployment.
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The service is tailored to meet your specific strategic and tactical needs. It can be used as a short- or long-term solution.
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A Virtual CISO service is more price-effective than long-term costs of onboarding and deploying your own staff resources.
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vCISOs utilise other internal Risk Crew experts in governance, risk and compliance to support your overall programme objectives.
Your vCISO will collaborate with you to understand and validate your specific business information and cyber risk management objectives, along with any cost considerations. Based on this, they will draft a tailored roadmap of recommended activities and deliverables for your approval, including key performance indicators to track progress and ensure that objectives are met.
vCISO roadmap activities and deliverables are customised to meet your specific business requirements
but typically include strategic deliverables such as:
“Risk Crew’s service was the right decision for our company. Our dedicated vCISO provided us with immediate response, escalated tasks when required and anticipated security issues. We chose the service option of having the CISO on-site initially and then transitioned to remote only. They are a trusted and valued partner.”
Information Technology Officer | Insurance Industry
“Not only was our consultant thorough, but he also took the time to teach us additional information security best practices. Being a small business, the virtual CISO option provided us with a low-cost solution rather than hiring a full-time employee.”
HR Director | Finance Industry
“From the beginning of our engagement with Risk Crew, we were provided with a clear roadmap of what our business needed to align with our risk appetite and business requirements. From the initial call for scoping to the onboarding of our consultant – they made it a simple process and clearly defined the service.”
Chief Information Officer | Logistics Industry
vCISO stands for virtual, Chief Information Security Officer and is an outsourced information security governance, risk and compliance management professional providing agreed to services on an as-needed basis in lieu of a permanent hire position.
Some of a vCISO’s responsibilities include overseeing strategic, operational, and budgetary aspects of a business’ information security governance, risk and compliance requirements. vCISO’s work closely with business stakeholders to define, develop and implement information security policies and procedures for the organisation just as would a permanent hire.
Good communication skills and the ability to quickly understand business information security risk appetite, tolerance and capacity in order to implement an applicable cost-effective strategy to meet these requirements.
Industry surveys indicate that most vCISOs services cost between 30% and 40% of a full-time CISO – direct hire role. That’s a 60% to 70% savings. Learn more on virtual CISO pricing in our blog post: Maximising Security and Efficiency with CISO-as-a-Service.